Boys! Are they all like this?

Wow, boys are so messy.  We have to strip Boston down for every meal or I end up doing crazy amounts of laundry.  I think that he thinks he has to use all of his senses when he eats.  He usually ends up squishing whatever we are eating between his fingers, smelling it, wiping it all over himself, throwing it on the ground.  You name it, he has probably done it.  So my question is: how long does this stage last?

Good thing he is so stinkin' cute!  It's hard to get too mad at this face.

And since this is kind of a "food" post I just had to post this picture of Boston eating Great-Gma's homemade pickles.  He loves them!